Mental Illness and the NC Death Penalty: Proposed Legislation

 Publications

[Draft] AN ACT to amend the capital trial, sentencing, and post-conviction procedures for a person with a severe mental disability

AMA Guideline-2.06 Capital punishment

An Act to Amend the Capital Trial  (Power Point Summary)

QUESTIONS TO ANTICIPATE

NAMI NC Brochure on Capital Procedure/ Severe mental disability

 

Media Stories

Proposed bill would disqualify those with mental illness from death penalty

Legislative committee hears arguments for not executing persons with severe mental disabilities

The Death Penalty and Mental Illness posted 12-17-08

Capital Sentencing Bill Action Plan  Jan 9, 2009

Not the "worst of the worst"

Law Seeks to Ban Execution of Mentally Ill